Microjet Printing of Micro-optical Interconnects

摘要

Fabrication of refractive, free-space optical interconnects by ink-jet printing offers advantages for numerous optoelectronic packaging applications for datacom and telecom because of the capability for reducing costs and providing higher levels of manufacturing process integration. Examples include printing of microlenses onto the tips of optical fibers for enhancing efficiency of light collection from edge-emitting diode lasers or for collimating fiber output beams, as well as printing arrays of microlenses for beam collimation and focusing in devices such as high power diode laser delivery systems and VCSEL-based, smart-pixel photonic switches.